01 Wax on…
The bicycle chain is one of the key components on your pride and joy but, unlike the latest deep-rim carbon wheels or blood-glucose monitoring tool, it rarely receives attention. It’s an anomaly a team from Malaysia set to redress by investigating how a chain could perform more efficiently; in other words, which lubricant mix would make it perform better.
The researchers undertook several tests within the controlled environment of the labs but replicating real-life conditions, such as pouring rain, to see how different lubes responded. Key was deflecting
